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Period: 100 to 400
Ancient times
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130
Galen
The roman surgeon lives. Many of this ideas are wrong but they helped surgeries for centuries. -
300
Cauterising a wound
surgeons experiment new methods cauterrising wounds to help prevent infection. Its a medical practice of burning of a body to remove or close off a part of it -
300
treaphining
The first evidence of a surgical procedure. Cutting a small hole in the head called trephining. -
400
surgical instruments
Ancient greeks used new material such as iron to make surgical instruments. They found the instruments under a volcanic material in multiple sites -
400
fractures
Doctors who were also surgeons, were experts at treating dislocated joints and fractures. Many fractures and wounds were comman in atheletes -
Period: 400 to 1400
middle ages
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600
sushrvta samhita
This is one of the oldest treatise dealing with surgery . This was probably the first surgeon to perform plastic surgery. -
800
hippocrates
A 20 year-old skull was found . It showed that the patient survived at least 20 years after the skull surgery a method called hippocrates. -
1400
dissections
a church allows some dissections of human bodies at medical schools . The ideas of galen continued . -
1400
Social status
People cared about thier social status. Their status acted on the duels that they fought and if they won or lost. -
Period: 1400 to
renaissance
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1452
Leonardo Da Vinci
He dissects some human bodies and makes accurrate drawings. He drew many paintings -
1500
Surgeries
Lots of surgeries that were performed during this time resulted in the death of patient, or the worsening of the patient's condition. -
1500
Blood letting
Bloodletting was an ineffective medical technique. -
1540
barber surgeons
the united barber-surgeons specialized in two of the top surgeries . -
appendix
the first recorded operation to remove appendix takes place. -
The royal collage of surgeons
Surgeons built a new hall with an anatomy theatre near Newgate Gaol so it could teach and dissect the bodies of executed criminals. -
Period: to
Industrial revolution
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Ambulance service
Dominique Jean Larrey creates an ambulance service for wounded men -
Mortality rate
Mortality rate rose to 50%. Even if the operation was successful the patients and enormous pain and they died -
Alcohol for anesthesia
There were 33 surgeries where they used wine or alcohol to sleep the patient so they wouldn't feel a thing -
Period: to
modern era
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Chloroform
James Simpson begins using chloroform -
Antiseptic surgery
Joseph lister discovers antiseptic surgery -
Anesthesia
Made history by being the first to successfully demonstrate ether anesthesia -
Rubber gloves
Rubber gloves are first used in surgery -
X-rays
Wilhem ruentgun discovers x-rays . The first heart surgery is performed by axel cappelen -
Novocain
Novocain is used as a local anesthetic -
Blood transfusion
The first non direct blood transfusion is carried out -
Kidney transplant
The first kidney transplant is carried out by by Richard lawler -
brain surgery
brain surgery is one of the oldest practiced medical arts. It was also used for both spiritual and magical reasons. -
Face transplant
The first face transplant is performed -
Brain cancer
A laser is used in keyhole surgery to treat brain cancer -
Leg transplant
The first leg transplant is carried out
